Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford speaks to the media on July 10 from the Lions practice facility in Allen Park after signing a three year extension to his contract.

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Mark Schlereth has an interesting theory about the quirky and sometimes flawed mechanics of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford.

Schlereth was a three-time Super Bowl champion guard with the Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos, and he's the first to admit he never coached quarterbacks. But Schlereth did teach his son - former Tigers relief pitcher Daniel Schlereth, who is now with the Baltimore Orioles - how to throw, and he finds an interesting theoretical tie between baseball and Stafford's mechanics.

"A guy who never made it to the NFL but a guy I have a lot of respect for at the ...